1934

The fall reunions are memories now. What a treat for those able to make one of those gridiron events. The initial one for the Penn game brought out 73 of the '34 family for dinners at the Hanover Inn and lunch at Smoyer Lounge, Ed Brown making all arrangements. That followed the executive committee pow-wow at Mt. Ascutney Resort, where top billing was planning our 55th. Bill Wilson is chief honcho for that event. Our prexy, Jack Tobin, urges you to circle June 12—14 on your 1989 calendars.

You'll know from Bill Scherman in the Newsletter what '34s you would have seen and what our evenings were like. Hats off to Bob Thompson—he made it smiling to the game and all functions despite a walking problem, and was very pleased with our 1988.Alumni Fund results, 123 percent of our goal. Classmates traveling most miles probably would be split between Tennesseans Dick Houck and Phil Glazer and Oscar Cohn of Bloomington, I11. Phil told some hilarious stories and promises more for Reunion!

I guess Charlie and Josie Sutton belong in the distance crowd, coming from Florida, but I think of them as Pleasantville (there's a Sutton Place there), where they used to live. They picked up Joe and Biz Swensson for the Hanover jaunt. Harry Gilmore might feel he should count as a distance traveler since South Carolina is his home port, but Gillie does keep a nice second address in Maine, so counts as New England at game time.

Bill and Jane Daniells likewise are Florida residents half of the year, but September is still Cape-time, and Babe and Anne Shea were in their Madison, Conn., half of the year. Bob and Mary Engelman came from Chicago, but they have family in the Hanover area, so this is part of their extended home.

Gene and Nina Orsenigo were at the Perm game, naturally, and they promised three more chances to spot them in the stands this fall. And speaking of sports, while our many golfers at Ascutney were battling par, Jack Tobin, Art Moebius, Bob Engelman, and I were proving that roundrobin tennis is still within our grasp.

One who was in Hanover but had to miss the '34 assembly was Oscar Ruebhausen. He and Zelia were involved with meetings at the Nelson Rockefeller Social Science Center where he is a trustee.

Arriving at our diamond birthday a year ago, I asked one of the actuaries at my old employer, Home Life, how we stack up with national averages. He said a reliable study showed that of men aged 22 53 years ago, 45 percent would still be around. We had 58 percent. He said that didn't surprise him since after all we're talking about Dartmouth men! We lost some ground the past year but are still much better than average. Keep up your good habits, and we will all toast one another at our 55th.

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